23 [Accidental Voice]
[The ambient noise consists of mechanical buzzing and humming. A blowtorch flickers on and off. Watari sighs.]
They laughed at me, 004. Rejected my thesis, after all that work we did for them...
I'll bet they didn't even look at it closely. [bitterly] Well, who can blame them? It's madness, like they said. Foolishness. A child's fantasy. Never mind the documentation, never mind the facts, never mind the potential...!
They laughed.
[Sympathetic cooing]
I know, 004. I know. We'll be fine.
We'll show them.
[Music starts up, and Watari starts to sing]
They laughed at us
They won't laugh now
We've got the facts
To show them how
If only they would see...
We'll make them see
I know we will
I'm hoping for
Too much, but still
It all depends on me...
[the music picks up]
But with Sieben in the palm of my hand (wouldn't it be grand?)
They'd have no choice but to listen to me...
They'd bend to my every demand (wisest in the land)
They'd pay attention...
They'd believe...
[He trails off, and the music dies down. There's a worried little coo, and he sighs again.]
Yes, I'm sure. Don't fuss so much, 004...it's for the best. They've all got to understand, haven't they? Right.
[He resumes his work, and the recording faces out]
They laughed at me, 004. Rejected my thesis, after all that work we did for them...
I'll bet they didn't even look at it closely. [bitterly] Well, who can blame them? It's madness, like they said. Foolishness. A child's fantasy. Never mind the documentation, never mind the facts, never mind the potential...!
They laughed.
[Sympathetic cooing]
I know, 004. I know. We'll be fine.
We'll show them.
[Music starts up, and Watari starts to sing]
They laughed at us
They won't laugh now
We've got the facts
To show them how
If only they would see...
We'll make them see
I know we will
I'm hoping for
Too much, but still
It all depends on me...
[the music picks up]
But with Sieben in the palm of my hand (wouldn't it be grand?)
They'd have no choice but to listen to me...
They'd bend to my every demand (wisest in the land)
They'd pay attention...
They'd believe...
[He trails off, and the music dies down. There's a worried little coo, and he sighs again.]
Yes, I'm sure. Don't fuss so much, 004...it's for the best. They've all got to understand, haven't they? Right.
[He resumes his work, and the recording faces out]